Reading Romans in Pompeii : Paul's letter at ground level /

Oakes, Peter

Reading Romans in Pompeii : Paul's letter at ground level / Peter Oakes. - Minneapolis : London : Fortress Press ; SPCK, c2009. - xiii, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Craftworkers' houses, a bar and a mansion -- Pompeian houses and first-century society -- A model craftworker house church for reading Romans -- Romans 12 for a model craftworker house church -- Primus, Sabina, Iris : justice, survival, tension -- Holconius and the Jewish salvation of a holy people -- Reading Romans in view of first-century social diversity.

9780800663599 (alk. paper) 0800663594 (alk. paper)

2009028934

GBA985223 bnb

015357990 Uk


Bible.--Romans--Social scientific criticism.


Pompeii (Extinct city)--Social conditions.

BS2665.52.O18 2009 / 16045

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